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    From Vtachrn@1:103/705 to All on Fri Jun 16 16:30:44 2017
    Hi Everyone,

    New SysOP here. HeliconBBS.DDNS.net

    I am working on the web interface and Ftelnet connection. I am running into a problem where nothing is showing up on the web page where the Ftelnet/HTML5 terminal should be. Well let me restate that. A few friends that are not so tech savy are having issues if they do not have flash enabled in the browser.

    I have ecweb 3 installed. I am trying to figure out that if the user does not have flash enabled, should the BBS web page fall back to a HTML5 browser log in?

    Fogive the questions, I am not a coder, but can follow instructions for editing code and working with sniplets.
    Regards,

    Doug (KC7FQB)

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Vtachrn on Fri Jun 16 17:21:14 2017
    Re: HTML5 Web Log In
    By: Vtachrn to All on Fri Jun 16 2017 04:30 pm

    I am working on the web interface and Ftelnet connection. I am running into a problem where nothing is showing up on the web page where the Ftelnet/HTML5 terminal should be. Well let me restate that. A few friends that are not so tech savy are having issues if they do not have flash enabled in the browser.

    I have ecweb 3 installed. I am trying to figure out that if the user does not have flash enabled, should the BBS web page fall back to a HTML5 browser log in?

    HTML5 is a newer technology, so I had thought if the user is not using a fully HTML5-capable browser, it would try to fall back to Flash. I believe HTML5 is fairly well supported and has been for a few years, but I'm wondering if they happen to be using a fairly old web browser that doesn't support HTML5 well enough, and perhaps it's trying to fall back to Flash but not working as you mention because Flash isn't installed..?

    Nightfox

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Vtachrn on Sat Jun 17 03:36:04 2017

    On 2017 Jun 16 16:30:44, you wrote to All:

    I have ecweb 3 installed. I am trying to figure out that if the user
    does not have flash enabled, should the BBS web page fall back to a
    HTML5 browser log in?

    take the high road... don't mess with flash at all... just do the HTML5 thing... it is a whole lot safer... flash is trash and is going away soon-ish... it is really surprising that it is even still in use with all of its security flaws...

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... A home without children is like a circus without clowns.
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  • From Vtachrn@1:103/705 to mark lewis on Sat Jun 17 07:59:18 2017
    Re: HTML5 Web Log In
    By: mark lewis to Vtachrn on Sat Jun 17 2017 03:36 am

    On 2017 Jun 16 16:30:44, you wrote to All:

    I have ecweb 3 installed. I am trying to figure out that if the user does not have flash enabled, should the BBS web page fall back to a HTML5 browser log in?

    take the high road... don't mess with flash at all... just do the HTML5 thing... it is a whole lot safer... flash is trash and is going away soon-ish... it is really surprising that it is even still in use with all of its security flaws...

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' wrong...
    ... A home without children is like a circus without clowns.

    I am a little foggy on how to get rid of Fterm and use HtlmTerm on the web page for login. I would be happy to ditch flash and just use HTML5.

    I tried experimenting with Chrome and blocked Flash. The terminal login screen (Fterm) was not displayed but then again neither was anythign else. No HTML5 (HTML-Term) was displayed either. I am running Synchronet 3.16c with ECWEB 3.

    I have managed to download Synchronet 3.17 and ECWEB 4. Should I just upgrade? Any idea on how I can get the HTML TERM to display?

    Ill get the hang of it with a little help.

    Respectfully,

    Doug, KC7FQB

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